| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) |
| Contents |
The analogy of action -- Agency as efficacy -- Agent-causality and finality -- The agency of the will -- Praeter intentionem |
| Summary |
Stephen Brock examines the relation between conduct and physical action, or between the 'will' and the real events which it effects in the world, through the works of Thomas Aquinas. Few thinkers have devoted more attention to this topic than Thomas, who has influenced mainstream modern analytic philosophy through (among others) G. E. M. Anscombe, Anthony Kenny, Roderick Chisolm and the late Alan Donagan. Demonstrating an exhaustive knowledge of Thomas and of contemporary theories of action, Professor Brock provides a new interpretation of Thomas' thought on human action and exposes the incoherence of theories which place an exclusive emphasis on the morality of subjective intention |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
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Tomás de Aquino, Santo -- Crítica e interpretación |
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 |
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Thomas von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274 |
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. |
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 -- Views on intentionality (Philosophy) |
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 -- Ethics. |
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 -- Views on action theory. |
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Thomas (von Aquin) |
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Act (Philosophy)
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Intentionality (Philosophy)
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Will.
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Volition
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Acto (Filosofía)
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Act (Philosophy)
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Intentionality (Philosophy)
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Will
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Handlungstheorie
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Handelingstheorie.
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Vrije wil.
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Christian philosophers -- Italy -- 13th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Will.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McInerny, Ralph
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| ISBN |
9780813234267 |
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0813234263 |
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